Dir, CmmdtyMgmt&Sourcing
Job Number: 9844
External Description:
About the Role
The Director, Category Management – Electronics will be responsible for directing a team of category managers and analyst overseeing $0.7B of spend across Carrier CSA. You’ll be responsible for directing the execution of a 5-year strategy for these categories.
Core responsibilities include developing and leading the team that oversees fostering cross-functional collaboration, supporting new product sourcing strategies, and managing vendor relationships. The role also focuses on cost optimization, innovation, and aligning sourcing with long-term product and technology strategies.
Key Responsibilities
Manage a team of category managers responsible for multiple categories.
Responsible for directing the creation of short and long-term category strategy to ensure operational excellence and efficiencies are met.
Establishes a cross-functional network and fosters collaboration with suppliers, wider supply chain organization, engineering, quality, and product management.
Owns the vendor performance data and reports metrics to leadership.
Develops and implements a category strategy which optimizes affordability, availability, agility, and innovation. Leverages understanding of similar industry, sourcing concepts, and Lean tools to ensure parts delivered on time at best cost and quality.
Manage external relationships with suppliers and assumes responsibility for all internal activities and decisions associated with category and suppliers, including contract negotiations, new products development, approved vendor list, RFX, re-sourcing, dual qualification, pricing changes, quality, and capacity.
Collaborate within the Global Strategic Sourcing team and across Product Management and Engineering to align on long-term strategy, technology roadmap, and risk mitigation.
Develop and maintain expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors, and product innovations.
Continuously evaluate supplier category markets to evaluate new suppliers, report on market conditions, and understand trends related to cost drivers and global pricing, to ensure our strategic sourcing competitiveness.
Work with suppliers and internal teams to identify VA/VE opportunities and lead initiatives to drive cost-out, eliminate inefficiencies, and achieve supply surety.
Will work closely with Engineering, Quality, and NPI teams to enhance our global product generation process to ensure we incorporate our strategic supplier partnerships in our new product innovation process
Manage a team of global category team leaders.
Requires deep management and leadership knowledge to lead cross-department project teams or manage across multiple related departments.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of sourcing and category management experience in the Electronics sector
OR
Master’s degree with 10+ years of sourcing and category management experience in the Electronics sector
5+ years of experience leading category management teams or supply chain management teams
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time (international included)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience managing electronics and electrical solutions utilized in HVAC products.
MBA or professional certifications (CPM, CPSM, CIRM, CPIM)
Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Experience with strategic sourcing and lean tools
Digital dexterity and ability to leverage data
Strong knowledge of supply chain strategy (development and execution)
Job Number: 30199635
Community / Marketing Title: Dir, CmmdtyMgmt&Sourcing
Location_formattedLocationLong: North Carolina, US